WHCF (88.5 FM) is a

radio station Radio broadcasting is transmission of audio (sound), sometimes with related metadata, by radio waves to radio receivers belonging to a public audience. In terrestrial radio broadcasting the radio waves are broadcast by a land-based radio ...

broadcasting a

Contemporary Christian Contemporary history, in English-language historiography, is a subset of modern history that describes the historical period from approximately 1945 to the present. Contemporary history is either a subset of the late modern period, or it is o ...

format. WHCF was the first full-time Christian Radio station in Maine, and continues to broadcast today. WHCF is located on Outer Broadway in Bangor and is owned by Lighthouse Radio Network, Inc. WHCF's sister station is

WHMX WHMX (105.7 FM broadcasting, FM) is a Radio broadcasting, radio station broadcasting a Contemporary Christian format. Licensed to Lincoln, Maine, United States, the station serves the Northern and Downeast Maine area. The station is currently owne ...

. Licensed to

Bangor, Maine Bangor ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat of Penobscot County. The city proper has a population of 31,753, making it the state's 3rd-largest settlement, behind Portland (68,408) and Lewiston (37,121). Modern Bangor ...

, United States, the station serves the Northern, Central, and Downeast Maine area.

History & programming

The station went on the air on 1981-08-10 as the current WHCF, The station has been known as playing a mix of Southern Gospel and Inspirational music, mixed in with 30-minute talk programs. In June 1989, the station helped put their sister station

on the air. The station is heard on several

broadcast translator A broadcast relay station, also known as a satellite station, relay transmitter, broadcast translator (U.S.), re-broadcaster (Canada), repeater (two-way radio) or complementary station (Mexico), is a broadcast transmitter which repeats (or tran ...

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* Radio stations established in 1981 Moody Radio affiliate stations HCF HCF {{Maine-radio-station-stub